EL PASO- Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Ms. Veronica Daigle, met with the leadership of U.S. Cutstoms and Border Protection from El Paso and New Mexico, along with National Guard leaders participating in Joint Task Force Guardian Support to discuss, among other things, personnel readiness going forward. Ms. Daigle was able to meet several service members from both Texas and New Mexico and toured the border. Commander of 3rd Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery Regiment, Lt. Col. Javier Rosales and command staff briefed Ms. Daigle on the El Paso Guardsmen supporting CBP. Officials with Customs and Border Protection and Field Operations, Dec. 14. (Photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Suzanne Ringle, 36th...
EL PASO- Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Ms. Veronica Daigle, met with the leadership of U.S. Cutstoms and Border Protection from El Paso and New Mexico, along with National Guard leaders participating in Joint Task Force Guardian Support to discuss, among other things, personnel readiness going forward. Ms. Daigle was able to meet several service members from both Texas and New Mexico and toured the border. Commander of 3rd Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery Regiment, Lt. Col. Javier Rosales and command staff briefed Ms. Daigle on the El Paso Guardsmen supporting CBP. Officials with Customs and Border Protection and Field Operations, Dec. 14. (Photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Suzanne Ringle, 36th...
B Roll video: Maj. Gen. Patrick M. Hamilton assumed command of the 36th Infantry Division Nov. 17, 2018, at Camp Mabry. Hamilton, who previously served as the assistant division commander – maneuver, became the commanding general of the 36th in a ceremony on the military post’s parade field.
EL PASO- In the parking lot of the National Guard armory, a Soldier reaches into his glove box and carefully unfolds a letter safeguarded in the confines of his car for five months. Sitting on the edge of his passenger seat, in the late afternoon sun, he begins to read the pages once again. At first, he reads silently as if wanting to keep the special message private. Then, in little more than a whisper, he reads out loud the sentiments of a woman he has never met but whose life he would be responsible for saving. Occasionally, he looks up to explain a bit more about the woman behind the precious missive. While he reads, the front of the envelope can be seen addressed to ‘My Donor.’ One glance at the top of the first page, clearly...
